{"id":240425,"date":"2025-11-03T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/240425\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:28:09","slug":"lucy-liu-receives-belfast-film-festival-award-for-rosemead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/240425\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Liu receives Belfast Film Festival award for Rosemead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PRESSPRESS EYE<\/p>\n

Lucy Liu shared her fond memories of spending a month filming in Northern Ireland as she collected an award at the Belfast Film Festival <\/p>\n

Lucy Liu has described the people of Northern Ireland as “warm and welcoming” and praised their baked goods as she attended the Belfast Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Soda bread and potato bread were on the menu for the Hollywood star during her visit to Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

But Liu admits she passed on another Ulster fry staple – black pudding – while in Belfast.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill star received an award at the city’s annual film festival for her latest movie Rosemead.<\/p>\n

“It’s just an honour to be here and to celebrate all of the art and the culture the festival has brought to the community,” she told BBC News NI.<\/p>\n

The last time Liu was in Belfast was two years ago when she says she indulged in “a lot of carbs”.<\/p>\n

She spent a month in Northern Ireland in 2023 while filming the action comedy film Old Guy. <\/p>\n

“People seem to have so much joy and I had a great working experience with everybody,” she said. <\/p>\n

“I made some really lovely friends.”<\/p>\n

\"PressPress Eye<\/p>\n

Lucy Liu with Belfast Film Festival director Michele Devlin and Richard Williams from Northern Ireland Screen<\/p>\n

At Sunday’s ceremony, Liu received the R\u00e9alta (which means “star” in Irish) Award.<\/p>\n

The award honours actors and filmmakers who use their craft for the greater good.<\/p>\n

“It’s so touching and the award is stunning,” said Liu.<\/p>\n

The Irish premiere of her latest film was shown in Belfast on Sunday as part of the festival, which is now in its 25th year.<\/p>\n

As well as starring in Rosemead, Liu produced the movie. <\/p>\n

Rosemead explores the relationship between a terminally-ill mother and her schizophrenic teenage son.<\/p>\n

Liu hopes the film encourages conversations about mental health.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think there can be enough conversations about mental health,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I do think that right now it is something that people are talking about more and more, especially on social media which is a great thing.<\/p>\n

“I think it shouldn’t be something that should be shrouded in shame and that’s what I want to make sure this movie brings to light.<\/p>\n

“I think being involved as a producer imburses you completely in the project and so, to me, that is a really good way to start.<\/p>\n

“So you are there from the very beginning – you aren’t just walking in whilst everything is already set up.”<\/p>\n

Does she want to do more producing?<\/p>\n

“I think I love the producing aspect of it,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I think I’m going to be more involved for future projects maybe in that way, and just connecting with people that I really enjoy working with.”<\/p>\n

While Liu may be leaning towards the production side of things, she has some advice for those starting out in the world of film.<\/p>\n

“Be a part of things, experience things,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I think there is no easy route as an artist but you learn as you go and that’s how you hone your skills.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRESS EYE Lucy Liu shared her fond memories of spending a month filming in Northern Ireland as she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-240425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}